P. Jurgenson
P. Jurgenson (in Russian: П. Юргенсон) was, in the early 1900s, the largest publisher of classical music in Russia. The firm has endured three political eras — 1861–1918 as a Russian company; 1918–2004 as a state owned enterprise; and 2004–present as a newly founded company bearing the original name. Upon Pyotr Jurgenson's death in 1904, Boris Petrovich[1] Jurgenson (1868–1935) and Grigory Petrovich Jurgenson (1872–1936), his sons, inherited the firm and Boris became its new head (Tchaikovsky was Boris' godfather). In 1918, the company was nationalized by the communist regime, as was all other music publishing companies, into a division of the State Publishing House. The music division of the State Publishing House, in 1930, was renamed Gosudarstvennoye Muzykal'noe Izdatelstvo (Государственное музыкальное издательство) — translated at State Music Publishing House, referred to by it's short name, Muzgiz, then, in 1964, referred to as Muzika (or Muzyka). In 1918, Boris became the head of the musical division of the State Publishing House.
History
Pyotr Ivanovich Jurgenson (1836–1904), born in Estonia, founded P. Jurgenson in 1861 on the advice of Nikolay Rubinstein (1835–1881) – pianist, conductor, founder of the Moscow Conservatoire, and brother of Anton Rubinstein.
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References
- ^ See Russian Patronymic naming convention for an explanation on how a son derives a name by combining the father's given name with the suffix "ovich")